THE DIVORCE PAPERS: New Court Documents Reveal What Was Happening Inside Brady Harmon And Sarah Miller’s Marriage As Brady Harmon breaks his silence following the loss of his 4 children, newly revealed court filings are drawing renewed attention to the final months of the couple’s marriage and the events leading up to the tragedy. Full story in the comments👇
**Grieving Father of New York Children Killed in Mother and Grandmother’s Murder-Suicide Says Killers Deserve a ‘Special Place in Hell’**
Brady Harmon, the Utah father of four children killed in a planned murder-suicide carried out by their mother and grandmother in Mechanicville, New York, has delivered one of the most raw public reactions yet to the official findings. After police confirmed that Sarah Myers, 44, and Amy Steadman, 64, conspired to kill the children on June 10, 2026, before taking their own lives, Harmon stated that the two women deserve a “special place in hell.”
“I knew my kids were murdered,” Harmon told local media. “And then I know those two are the ones that did it.” Reflecting on the details released by Mechanicville Police Chief William Rabbitt, he added: “My kids suffered. To poison them and also to stab them – there’s a special place in hell for people like that.” Three of the children—Harper, 13; Hudson, 11; and Gracelynn, 10—were poisoned. Gavin, 10, was stabbed and showed defensive wounds indicating he tried to protect himself. Harmon has repeatedly emphasized the children’s awareness and suffering in their final moments.
The official account released on August 4 and 5, 2026, confirmed what Harmon had long suspected. A handwritten confession letter signed by Steadman accepted responsibility and claimed the killings were the only way to keep the children safe from alleged abuse in Utah. Unsigned notes attributed to Myers referred to the children as “my babies,” expressed anger at the Utah family court system, repeated abuse allegations, and complained about lack of legal representation. Police stated they could not independently verify any of those claims. Harmon has categorically denied them. Chief Rabbitt rejected the justification outright: “Whatever they believed justified their actions, the deliberate murder of four children cannot be described as protection.”
Harmon lives in Utah and had not seen his children in person since November 2019. The children were scheduled to spend the summer with him beginning July 1 under a court-ordered parenting plan. That long-awaited reunion never occurred. Instead, on the very day the killings took place, Myers texted him that the children had a “stomach bug” and asked to reschedule a planned video call. Harmon agreed, unaware that the children were already being killed.
**The Marriage and the Years of Separation**
Brady Harmon and Sarah Myers married in December 2015 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The couple separated in November 2019. According to Harmon, Myers left Utah with the four children without notice, relocating to New York to live near her mother. That departure marked the last time Harmon saw his children face to face. He has described the years that followed as a prolonged legal struggle to maintain any meaningful relationship with them.
Divorce proceedings began in 2020 under Utah law, which retained jurisdiction over the children. The divorce was finalized in 2026. Court documents show a relatively standard long-distance parenting arrangement: joint legal custody; Myers awarded primary physical custody during the school year; Harmon granted uninterrupted parenting time every summer from July 1 through September 1; regular video calls; and time on holidays and birthdays. Harmon was ordered to pay child support. No alimony was awarded.
An attorney who reviewed the documents for local media described the agreement as ordinary for parents living in different states and noted that Myers had stipulated and agreed to the terms, including the summer parenting time. Despite that formal agreement, Harmon repeatedly alleged that Myers interfered with his access—blocking or limiting video calls, failing to provide accurate addresses or records, and resisting the summer visitation. In early June 2026 he filed a motion to enforce the parenting plan. Myers was scheduled to appear in Utah court on or around June 29 for potential contempt proceedings. Those proceedings never took place.
Harmon has claimed that Steadman, the children’s grandmother, actively opposed his involvement in the children’s lives. He has also alleged that Myers assaulted him on the last day he saw the children in 2019, saying she stabbed him in the face with a medicine dropper during an argument. He has no criminal record and has consistently denied any abuse of the children. Police reviewed electronic files and notes containing abuse allegations but stated they could not independently verify the claimed incidents.
**The Custody Battle in Context**
From Harmon’s perspective, the six-and-a-half-year fight for access was marked by delays, unfounded reports, and institutional inertia. He has said he received approximately ten notices from Saratoga County Child Protective Services between 2021 and 2024 concerning reports about the children’s household. According to Harmon, nine were determined unfounded and the tenth did not result in an ongoing finding of threat. He has argued that the volume of reports itself should have prompted deeper intervention. Local officials have not publicly confirmed or disputed the exact number or outcomes of those reports.
The formal custody order that finally took shape in 2026 gave Harmon the summer months he had long sought. The children were days away from traveling to Utah when they were killed. Harmon has described the timing as the ultimate cruelty: after years of legal effort, the moment of reunion was stolen by the very people who were supposed to care for the children. In interviews he has called the family-court and child-protection systems “broken,” saying the process takes far too long and that parents fighting for access often feel powerless.
**Police Findings and Harmon’s Response**
Chief Rabbitt’s detailed briefing confirmed that planning began no later than June 5. Text messages between Myers and Steadman discussed obtaining medications, the location, administration, how the children would be gathered, what they would be told, and how to avoid suspicion. On June 10 the women coordinated timing so the acts would be completed before a scheduled call with Harmon. When the children did not respond as expected, one message stated the plan was “not working” and another option was needed. A message from Gracelynn described stomach pain and asked why they would not let her vomit. Steadman later messaged that “Gracie is aware.” Internet searches recovered from Steadman’s devices included queries about medication effects and fatal stabbing locations.
Harmon has focused on the children’s experience. “How scary it was,” he said, describing the knowledge that some of the children realized what was happening. He has rejected any framing of the killings as protective. “All in the delusional state of, ‘We’re doing this for your benefit,’” he told one outlet. The confession letter and notes, in his view, reveal not protection but a determination to prevent the children from ever reaching their father.
The bodies were not discovered until June 23, nearly two weeks later, during a welfare check requested by a neighbor. Decomposition made immediate identification difficult. Harmon has spoken of the practical impossibility of bringing the children’s remains home in the condition they were found; their ashes were later spread in Utah near family. A funeral was held in Utah.
**A Father’s Public Reckoning**
In the weeks since the discovery and the subsequent police briefings, Harmon has moved between private grief and public statements. He has released screenshots of the final ordinary-sounding texts from Myers, including the “stomach bug” message. He has described the last video call on June 7, when the children seemed happy. He has insisted that the abuse allegations were false and that the true motivation was control and a desire to keep the children away from him permanently.
The phrase “special place in hell” captures the depth of his anger and the moral judgment he places on Myers and Steadman. For Harmon, the women’s claim that they acted to protect the children is not only false but an additional insult to the memory of Harper, Hudson, Gavin, and Gracelynn. The children, in his words, were not pawns; they were four individuals with personalities, dreams, and a father and extended family waiting for them.
The case continues to raise difficult questions about long-distance custody enforcement, the weight given to children’s expressed wishes or fears, the handling of competing abuse allegations across state lines, and the speed with which family courts can respond when one parent is alleged to be interfering with ordered access. Harmon’s experience—years of litigation, a finalized order granting summer time, a contempt motion pending, and then the irreversible loss of the children days before their arrival—illustrates how quickly a hard-won legal victory can become meaningless.
Police have stated that no other individuals participated in the crimes. The investigation remains open for remaining forensic results, but the core facts of the conspiracy, the confession letter, the text messages, and the timing relative to the children’s scheduled travel to Utah are now part of the public record. Brady Harmon’s response has been consistent: his children suffered, the justifications offered are delusional, and the two adults responsible deserve condemnation. The special place in hell he assigns them is, for him, the only moral accounting left after the legal system and the child-protection system failed to keep the children alive long enough to reach their father.
